Re: [gardeners] rudbeckia
Annetta Green (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 6 Jul 2000 08:43:46 -0400
Penny,
There may be little damage unless you have very heavy soil. I can leave my
soaker hoses on for days with no damage, but then we do have pure sand as
soil.
Anne in FL
zone 9b, sunset 26
I'd rather be gardening
----- Original Message -----
From: "penny x stamm" <pennyx1@juno.com>
To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: [gardeners] rudbeckia
> Anne, that was the same rhodie forest which took the dreadful
> beating from the winter weather -- I actually filled 4 32-gal pails
> with the debris which i had to cut off! But let me tell you, I did NOT
> climb inside the tangle to reach the unreachable -- anything I
> couldn't snatch and pull down for clipping I left alone. The plants
> put on such extraordinary vegetative growth in an effort to stay
> alive that now no one can see the damage! It boggles the mind ...
>
> Jimmie heard water running at 11:00pm tonite -- investigation
> showed that I had left the underground soaker hoses on from
> 3:00pm in the rose bed. (They are not automated.) Never happened
> before -- and I hang my head in shame. I do wonder what cause
> and effect there will be...
>
>
> Penny. NY
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